Do click on this link to see a fascinating photo of California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez as he visited Mexico a couple days back. He appears to be making a rather curious salute, an action explained unclearly in the AP caption:

California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, left, salutes towards the flag while listening to the national anthem as he stands with Beatriz Paredes, who hopes to become the candidate for Mexico City Mayor under her party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, in Mexico City, Mexico on Friday Aug. 26, 2005.